Reasoning, Rationality, and Probability

by Galavotti, Maria Carla

• ISBN13: 9781575865577
• ISBN10: 1575865572
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-15
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Summary

This volume broadens our concept of reasoning and rationality to allow for a more pluralistic and situational view of human thinking as a practical activity. Drawing on contributors across disciplines including philosophy, economics, psychology, statistics, computer science, engineering, and physics,Reasoning, Rationality, and Probabilityargues that the search for strong theories should leave room for the construction of context-sensitive conceptual tools. Both science and everyday life, the authors argue, are too complex and multifaceted to be forced into ready-made schemata.

Author Biography

Maria Carla Galavotti is professor of philosophy of science in the department of philosophy at the University of Bologna.
Roberto Scazzieri is professor of economic analysis in the department of economics at the University of Bologna.
Patrick Suppes is Lucie Stern professor emeritus of philosophy at Stanford University.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction: Reasoning and Patterns of Rationality	p. 1
Practical Reason
The Good and the Bad, the True and the False	p. 13
Three Types of Decision Theory	p. 37
Welfare, Voting and the Constitution of a Federal Assembly	p. 61
Acting Rationally with Irrational Strategies	p. 77
In- and Ex-probabilities: Keynes and Econophysics	p. 87
Mental Frames and Cognitive Abilities
Reasoning to be Rational	p. 119
Pragmatic Arguments for Rationality Constraints	p. 139
Rationality and Prediction in the Sciences of the Artificial: Economics as a Design Science	p. 165
Context, Congruence and Co-ordination	p. 187
Situations and Reasoning
Rationality and its Bounds: Re-Framing Social Framing	p. 211
Causal Pluralism and Context	p. 233
Causal Medical Reasoning and Pre-Emption	p. 253
Abduction in the Context of a Reasoning Process: the SCIFF Framework	p. 271
Name Index	p. 289
Subject Index	p. 297
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